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Cryptococcus
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What type of disease does Cryptococcus cause?
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fungi
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What type of organism is Cryptococcus?
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Cryptococcus
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Name the genus that causes Cryptococcus.
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Cryptococcus
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Soil saprophyte.
Yeast form only. |
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Symptoms of Cryptococcus
chronic meninges |
Name the disease.
Lungs -> Blood stream -> Brain and meninges ( ______ _________) Headache and vomiting -> CNS involvement -> Fatal w/in 3 years. Also can cause cutaneous lesions. |
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Inhalation of spores
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How is Cryptococcus transmitted?
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Bacterial infections of the heart and lymphatic system.
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Endocarditis
Pericarditis Tularemia Brucellosis Anthrax Gangrene Bubonic plague Pneumonic Plague Lyme disease Epidemic Typhus Epidemic Murine Typhus Rocky mountain spotted fever |
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Endocarditis
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Name the disease.
Inflammation of the endocardium. (inner layer of the heart: Lines the heart muscle itself and covers the heart valves). |
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Streptococcus
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What organism cause Subacute bacterial endocarditis?
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bacteria
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What type of organism causes Endocarditis?
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Staphylococcus
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What genus or organism cause Acute bacterial Endocarditis?
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Pericarditis
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Inflammation of the sac areound the heart.
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Streptococcus
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What genus causes Pericarditis?
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Tularemia
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What disease is caused by the genus or organism, Fanciscella?
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Fanciscella
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Name the genus that causes Tularemia?
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bacteria
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What type of organism causes Tularemia?
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Transmission of Tularemia
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Name the disease associated with this.
Tick bites, direct contact with infected animals, inhalation, eating infected meant. Tick bites (deer flies, Rabbit lice) |
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Symptoms of Tularemia
abscesses |
Skin ulcer -> Lymph nodes enlarge -> septicemia -> pneumonia -> __________ throughout the body.
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Bite
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How would Ulceroglandular Tularemia be transmitted?
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Inhalation
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How would Pneumonic Tularemia be transmitted?
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Contaminated meat
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How would Typhoid Tularemia be transmitted?
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Eye
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How would Oculogladular Tularemia be transmitted?
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Undulant fever
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What is the C.N. of Brucellosis?
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Brucellosis
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What does the organism, Brucella, cause?
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Brucella
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Name the genus that causes Brucellosis?
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Brucellosis
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Name disease
Sym. & signs Fever, chills, profuse sweating, headache, hepatosplenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen and liver); enlarged lymph nodes. |
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Complication of Brucellosis
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Meningitis and Encephalitis
Absecesses in: testes, ovaries, kidney or brain. |
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Consumption of dairy products, undercooked meat, cattle secretions or excretions in cuts or eyes.
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How is Brucellosis transmitted?
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Anthrax
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What disease is caused by the genus, Bacillus?
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Cattle
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Who or what is most likely to get Anthrax?
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Cutaneous
Gastrointestinal Inhalational |
what are the 3 types of anthrax?
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Cutaneous Anthrax
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Endospores enter through minor cut. 20% mortality
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Ingestion of undercooked meat. 50% mortality
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How is Gastrointestinal Anthrax transmitted?
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Inhalational Anthrax
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What tpe of Anthrax is involved with Inhalation of endospores. Approaches 100% mortality
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Gangrene
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Anaerobic cellulitis (localized) and myonecrosis
Interupted blood supply to tissue (Ischemia) -> anaerobic environment -> grows in deep tissues. NAME DISEASE. |
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Gas Gangrene
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What is Gangrene also known as?
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Clostridium
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What organism or genus causes Gas Gangrene?
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Gangrene
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What disease does Clostridium cause?
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Gas Gangrene
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Intense pain and swelling at wound site, foul ODOR, tissues become red -> green -> blue-black.
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Black death
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What is the common name for Bubonic Plague?
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Bubonic Plague
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The genus, Yersina, causes what disease?
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Yersina
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What is the genus name or organism that causes Bubonic Plague?
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Sylvatic plague
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Rodent pathogen (Zoonosis), Western ground squirrels nost common reseviors in the US.
Name which plague it is. |
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Septicemia plague
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What type of plague has to do with septic shock?
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flea
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How is the Septicemia plague transmitted?
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swelling
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What does BUBO mean?
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Septicemia plague
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Bacteria enter blood stream (multiply in the monocytes) -> lymph nodes -> fever and dark purple spots (hemorrhages)-> fatal within 10 days.
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Pneumonic Plague
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Bacteria carried by blood to lungs.
Highly contagious Human to human contact What type of plague? |
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inhalation or droplet route
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How is Pneumonic Plague transmitted?
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Rat control
Vaccine availble to high risk personnel and military |
How is the Plague prevented?
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Lyme disease
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What disease is caused by the genus, Borrelia?
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Borrelia
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Lyme disease is caused by what genus or organism?
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tick bite
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How is Lyme disease transmitted?
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Lyme disease
Borrelia |
Erythema Chronicum Migrans
Name disease. Name genus. |
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Lyme disease
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Complications
Arthritis Neurologic (destruction of myelin sheath) and cardiac involvement. |
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Epidemic Typhus
Epidemic Murine Typhus Rocky mountain spotted fever |
What does the genus, Rickettsia cause? (2)
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Rickettsia
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Name the genus that causes Epidemic Typhus?
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Lice (human)
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How is Epidemic Typhus transmitted?
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Epidemic Typhus
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Feces of louse rubbed into bite wound by scratching -> High prolonged fever -> Rash-> (subcutaneous hemorrhage) on the trunk; extremities -> frightful dreams, hallucinations, and delirium. Even death if untreated.
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Epidemic Murine Typhus
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Symptoms are similar to epidemic typhus. Less severe
Vector: Rat flea, not lice |
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Flea
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What is the vector or how is Epidemic Murine Typhus transmitted?
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Rickettsia
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What is the genus name that causes the disease, Rocky mountain Spotted fever?
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Rocky mountain Spotted fever
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Measles-like rash except that the rash appears on palms and soles of the feet.
Name disease. |
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Rocky mountain Spotted fever
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Ticks -> high fever; skin rash (pink spots= macules) -> papules fuse to form Macropapular rash
Name disease. |
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Protective clothing
Insect repellent Vaccine |
What are some ways that Rocky mountain Spotted fever could be prevented?
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